Today on the blog we have a "not so missing" 1973 card for former Chicago Cubs infielder Dave Rosello, who made his Big League debut with a handful of games in 1972:
Rosello hit .250 in that limited play, going 3-for-12 at the plate with a couple runs scored and three runs batted in.
He would appear in 16 games for the Cubbies in 1973, hitting .263 with 10 hits over 38 at-bats, both scoring and driving in two.
He did have a spot on a multi-player rookie card in the 1974 set after
appearing in those 16 games the year before, so I wonder why he was left out
of the ‘75 set considering the amount of playing time he got.
Rosello appeared in 62 games for the Chicago Cubs in 1974, certainly
enough to warrant a card in 1975 I believe, hitting .203 over 148
official at-bats, with 30 hits.
Nevertheless, he’d go on to play with the Cubs through the 1977 season before spending all of 1978 in the Minors, making it back to the Big Leagues in 1978, now a member of the Cleveland Indians, for whom he’d play the next three years, the last of his nine-year career.
Overall, Rosello played in 422 games, hitting .236 with 206 hits in 873 at-bats, scoring 114 runs and driving in 76 between 1972 and 1981, playing second, short and third.
Nevertheless, he’d go on to play with the Cubs through the 1977 season before spending all of 1978 in the Minors, making it back to the Big Leagues in 1978, now a member of the Cleveland Indians, for whom he’d play the next three years, the last of his nine-year career.
Overall, Rosello played in 422 games, hitting .236 with 206 hits in 873 at-bats, scoring 114 runs and driving in 76 between 1972 and 1981, playing second, short and third.
